Congratulations to Villagers for winning the Meteor Choice Music Prize 2013

Congratulations to Villagers for winning the Irish album of the year prize 2013 last night in Vicar Street at the Meteor Choice Music Prize event.

As one of 12 judges on the night, I was directly involved in choosing the winner and while I can’t go into specifics about the process, I will say that the three hours deliberation was inclusive, thoughtful, reasonable and logical with the judges maintaining an objective point of view as much as possible in their decision.